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Sunday, January 23, 2022

“The handling of the Texas abortion case is an embarrassment for the federal judiciary”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sarah Palin set to battle New York Times at defamation trial”: Jonathan Stempel and Helen Coster of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Major questions from the Supreme Court could upend the administrative state; A carve-out of the court’s precedent on agency deference is now taking center stage as justices move to use it as a quasi-constitutional doctrine”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (01.22.22): Much Ado About Masking; High drama at SCOTUS, higher salaries in Biglaw, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Covid mask controversy is missing the point: Why isn’t Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch making a small sacrifice for the health of his immunocompromised colleague?” Law professor Steven Lubet has this essay online at NBC News.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Some personal testimony in the matter of NPR v. the Supreme Court”: Columnist David Von Drehle has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 12:57 PM by Howard Bashman